Re: Guest account: JVM and power options

Hi,

> But shouldn't the power settings on the guest acct match those of the
> administrator acct?

No, not necessarily. Particularly if part of PM requires control over a
background process. The guest account would not have access to that.

> Something must not be working correctly. And the issue
> about the website is a new one - it worked last year. Is it a new
> security
> feature?

Many things have been locked down in the past year, particularly the ability
of plug-ins for IE to act autonomously.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"operaflute" <operaflute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B7E28932-49CC-45E9-A59C-2B0BDA636136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> But shouldn't the power settings on the guest acct match those of the
> administrator acct? Something must not be working correctly. And the
> issue
> about the website is a new one - it worked last year. Is it a new
> security
> feature?
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> > Can I log into the guest acct as an administrator? How?
>>
>> No, you can't. By design, this account is very limited and has no access
>> to
>> controls over system settings.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "operaflute" <operaflute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C3BF9481-29BF-4184-B861-2B9DC45275BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I'm having trouble with my guest account.
>> > The power options under advances are greyed out and do not match those
>> > as
>> > selected in the admistrator account.
>> > Some web sites don't function properly and act as if JVM is not
>> > installed,
>> > although it is.
>> > Can I log into the guest acct as an administrator? How?
>>
>>
>>


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